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· Mar 14
Mar 11: MEMIE - Rae Thoma Rae Fetsa (2025)
From the ever reliable @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social comes this short delightful record, six tracks of lekompo, SA house with a bubblegum twist in the beats and bleeps, like the producers are turning the dials with one hand and playing pinball with the other
From the ever reliable @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social comes this short delightful record, six tracks of lekompo, SA house with a bubblegum twist in the beats and bleeps, like the producers are turning the dials with one hand and playing pinball with the other
I will have you know that I’m ever reliable
(also, I may not always be there when you call, but I'm always on time and I gave you my all, now baby be mine)
(also, I may not always be there when you call, but I'm always on time and I gave you my all, now baby be mine)
🇫🇷15 15 (QuinzeQuinze)🇵🇫 keep doin’ it and doin’ it and doin’ it well*. their latest one “Fāfaru” has me thinking this is what it would sound like if you blend all the music I love together (yes, this is complimentary)
youtu.be/v_DcM0Wd9uc?...
(*but is anybody listening?)
youtu.be/v_DcM0Wd9uc?...
(*but is anybody listening?)
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🇫🇷15 15 (QuinzeQuinze)🇵🇫 keep doin’ it and doin’ it and doin’ it well*. their latest one “Fāfaru” has me thinking this is what it would sound like if you blend all the music I love together (yes, this is complimentary)
youtu.be/v_DcM0Wd9uc?...
(*but is anybody listening?)
youtu.be/v_DcM0Wd9uc?...
(*but is anybody listening?)
DEZZEMBERR season is upon us ‼️‼️
new albums by master producers 🇿🇦Dlada Thukzin and 🇿🇦W4DE and top-notch amapiano vocalists 🇿🇦Babalwa M and (collaboratively) 🇿🇦Khalil Harrison & LeeMcKrazy🇿🇦, plus new projects by neo mbalax rappeur 🇸🇳Bilou XIV and funk wizzard 🇧🇷DJ Arana
new albums by master producers 🇿🇦Dlada Thukzin and 🇿🇦W4DE and top-notch amapiano vocalists 🇿🇦Babalwa M and (collaboratively) 🇿🇦Khalil Harrison & LeeMcKrazy🇿🇦, plus new projects by neo mbalax rappeur 🇸🇳Bilou XIV and funk wizzard 🇧🇷DJ Arana
November 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
DEZZEMBERR season is upon us ‼️‼️
new albums by master producers 🇿🇦Dlada Thukzin and 🇿🇦W4DE and top-notch amapiano vocalists 🇿🇦Babalwa M and (collaboratively) 🇿🇦Khalil Harrison & LeeMcKrazy🇿🇦, plus new projects by neo mbalax rappeur 🇸🇳Bilou XIV and funk wizzard 🇧🇷DJ Arana
new albums by master producers 🇿🇦Dlada Thukzin and 🇿🇦W4DE and top-notch amapiano vocalists 🇿🇦Babalwa M and (collaboratively) 🇿🇦Khalil Harrison & LeeMcKrazy🇿🇦, plus new projects by neo mbalax rappeur 🇸🇳Bilou XIV and funk wizzard 🇧🇷DJ Arana
Reposted by LokpoLokpo
🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire’s “woman king 👑” Josey’s new album RÉSONANCE is thoroughly enjoyable
coupé-décalé/biama, afrobeats, sexy drill, in a spirit of generous positivity, knowing where to draw the line - in a whirlwind 33 minutes
ambiance-toi doucement! (mais pas trop doucement!)
youtu.be/fBS2DMx_f2U?...
coupé-décalé/biama, afrobeats, sexy drill, in a spirit of generous positivity, knowing where to draw the line - in a whirlwind 33 minutes
ambiance-toi doucement! (mais pas trop doucement!)
youtu.be/fBS2DMx_f2U?...
Josey - Ambiance toi Doucement
YouTube video by JOSEY
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire’s “woman king 👑” Josey’s new album RÉSONANCE is thoroughly enjoyable
coupé-décalé/biama, afrobeats, sexy drill, in a spirit of generous positivity, knowing where to draw the line - in a whirlwind 33 minutes
ambiance-toi doucement! (mais pas trop doucement!)
youtu.be/fBS2DMx_f2U?...
coupé-décalé/biama, afrobeats, sexy drill, in a spirit of generous positivity, knowing where to draw the line - in a whirlwind 33 minutes
ambiance-toi doucement! (mais pas trop doucement!)
youtu.be/fBS2DMx_f2U?...
🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire’s “woman king 👑” Josey’s new album RÉSONANCE is thoroughly enjoyable
coupé-décalé/biama, afrobeats, sexy drill, in a spirit of generous positivity, knowing where to draw the line - in a whirlwind 33 minutes
ambiance-toi doucement! (mais pas trop doucement!)
youtu.be/fBS2DMx_f2U?...
coupé-décalé/biama, afrobeats, sexy drill, in a spirit of generous positivity, knowing where to draw the line - in a whirlwind 33 minutes
ambiance-toi doucement! (mais pas trop doucement!)
youtu.be/fBS2DMx_f2U?...
Josey - Ambiance toi Doucement
YouTube video by JOSEY
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire’s “woman king 👑” Josey’s new album RÉSONANCE is thoroughly enjoyable
coupé-décalé/biama, afrobeats, sexy drill, in a spirit of generous positivity, knowing where to draw the line - in a whirlwind 33 minutes
ambiance-toi doucement! (mais pas trop doucement!)
youtu.be/fBS2DMx_f2U?...
coupé-décalé/biama, afrobeats, sexy drill, in a spirit of generous positivity, knowing where to draw the line - in a whirlwind 33 minutes
ambiance-toi doucement! (mais pas trop doucement!)
youtu.be/fBS2DMx_f2U?...
broke: liever te dik in de kist dan weer een feestje gemist
woke: I'd rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave
RIP Jimmy Cliff 🇯🇲
want to celebrate his life and career with the fierce “Treat The Youths Right” from 1982, a hit in these parts: youtu.be/fhRZbuSd488?...
woke: I'd rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave
RIP Jimmy Cliff 🇯🇲
want to celebrate his life and career with the fierce “Treat The Youths Right” from 1982, a hit in these parts: youtu.be/fhRZbuSd488?...
Jimmy Cliff - Treat The Youths Right (1983) • TopPop
YouTube video by TopPop
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
broke: liever te dik in de kist dan weer een feestje gemist
woke: I'd rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave
RIP Jimmy Cliff 🇯🇲
want to celebrate his life and career with the fierce “Treat The Youths Right” from 1982, a hit in these parts: youtu.be/fhRZbuSd488?...
woke: I'd rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave
RIP Jimmy Cliff 🇯🇲
want to celebrate his life and career with the fierce “Treat The Youths Right” from 1982, a hit in these parts: youtu.be/fhRZbuSd488?...
excerpt from the 3️⃣👣🧵 - and yes, Kenyan 🇰🇪 producer Ally Fresh’s SWAKACHA is a very nice project. 4 of its 6 main tracks are 3-Steppy and the other two are cool afrohousey steppers too - there’s a “Mama” to the “Baba” below, but I especially dig “Keki” with vocalist Nes Mburu: youtu.be/ozcpK-IRJpU?...
November 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
excerpt from the 3️⃣👣🧵 - and yes, Kenyan 🇰🇪 producer Ally Fresh’s SWAKACHA is a very nice project. 4 of its 6 main tracks are 3-Steppy and the other two are cool afrohousey steppers too - there’s a “Mama” to the “Baba” below, but I especially dig “Keki” with vocalist Nes Mburu: youtu.be/ozcpK-IRJpU?...
check out my somewhat extensive reply to Dave’s question below in 3️⃣, 2️⃣, 1️⃣
Q for @lokpolokpo1.bsky.social of whether anyone else has done pop/pop star 3-step?
youtu.be/PhVheAPyX4A
youtu.be/PhVheAPyX4A
Tems - Big Daddy (Visualizer)
YouTube video by TemsVEVO
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
check out my somewhat extensive reply to Dave’s question below in 3️⃣, 2️⃣, 1️⃣
elated that 🇳🇬Tems has ~finally~ listened to me* and made a (mini)album, Love Is A Kingdom, with strictly (well, 5/7) uptempo afro(-adjacent) beats
“First”: youtu.be/tzBXQbUj3uI?...
“I’m Not Sure”: youtu.be/pCU4CUvIpNs?...
(*either that or perhaps this sped-up Tems is Pink Pantheress-propelled)
“First”: youtu.be/tzBXQbUj3uI?...
“I’m Not Sure”: youtu.be/pCU4CUvIpNs?...
(*either that or perhaps this sped-up Tems is Pink Pantheress-propelled)
Tems - First (Audio)
YouTube video by TemsVEVO
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
elated that 🇳🇬Tems has ~finally~ listened to me* and made a (mini)album, Love Is A Kingdom, with strictly (well, 5/7) uptempo afro(-adjacent) beats
“First”: youtu.be/tzBXQbUj3uI?...
“I’m Not Sure”: youtu.be/pCU4CUvIpNs?...
(*either that or perhaps this sped-up Tems is Pink Pantheress-propelled)
“First”: youtu.be/tzBXQbUj3uI?...
“I’m Not Sure”: youtu.be/pCU4CUvIpNs?...
(*either that or perhaps this sped-up Tems is Pink Pantheress-propelled)
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
There Is Beauty, There Already, by Sarathy Korwar
10 track album
sarathykorwar.bandcamp.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
after last night, the PPPop World Cup 2026 is well on the way, and 🇶🇦Qatar is fancying its chances.
“سبحان (Subhan)” by Fahad Al Kubaisi is a blistering banger:
youtu.be/b18KVyM7QIs?...
“سبحان (Subhan)” by Fahad Al Kubaisi is a blistering banger:
youtu.be/b18KVyM7QIs?...
Fahad Al Kubaisi - Subhan | Official Music Video 2025 | فهد الكبيسي - سبحان
YouTube video by Rotana
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
after last night, the PPPop World Cup 2026 is well on the way, and 🇶🇦Qatar is fancying its chances.
“سبحان (Subhan)” by Fahad Al Kubaisi is a blistering banger:
youtu.be/b18KVyM7QIs?...
“سبحان (Subhan)” by Fahad Al Kubaisi is a blistering banger:
youtu.be/b18KVyM7QIs?...
subag jàmm!
(it’s ‘good morning’ in Wolof, but it works either way)
(it’s ‘good morning’ in Wolof, but it works either way)
here’s some modern Senegalese🇸🇳 mbalax in a live setting - it’s Bass Thioung’s new one, “Gnégno”. check the lineup and see how they play (and dance). it’s very instructive and super enjoyable!
youtu.be/nHr68RMvBCU?...
youtu.be/nHr68RMvBCU?...
Bass Thioung - Gnégno (Live Performance)
YouTube video by Bass Thioung
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
subag jàmm!
(it’s ‘good morning’ in Wolof, but it works either way)
(it’s ‘good morning’ in Wolof, but it works either way)
here’s some modern Senegalese🇸🇳 mbalax in a live setting - it’s Bass Thioung’s new one, “Gnégno”. check the lineup and see how they play (and dance). it’s very instructive and super enjoyable!
youtu.be/nHr68RMvBCU?...
youtu.be/nHr68RMvBCU?...
Bass Thioung - Gnégno (Live Performance)
YouTube video by Bass Thioung
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
here’s some modern Senegalese🇸🇳 mbalax in a live setting - it’s Bass Thioung’s new one, “Gnégno”. check the lineup and see how they play (and dance). it’s very instructive and super enjoyable!
youtu.be/nHr68RMvBCU?...
youtu.be/nHr68RMvBCU?...
Reposted by LokpoLokpo
thanks to Nyege Nyege Tapes, you may be aware of instrumental underground singeli, but in Tanzania🇹🇿 there’s a cottage industry of SINGELI POP next to the bongo flavour mainstream. overlap exists: bongo big shot Lava Lava guests on my fav singeli singer Meja Kunta’s “Wezi”: youtu.be/xJCeNzuOeSo?...
Meja Kunta & Lava Lava - WEZI (Visualiser)
YouTube video by Meja Kunta
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
thanks to Nyege Nyege Tapes, you may be aware of instrumental underground singeli, but in Tanzania🇹🇿 there’s a cottage industry of SINGELI POP next to the bongo flavour mainstream. overlap exists: bongo big shot Lava Lava guests on my fav singeli singer Meja Kunta’s “Wezi”: youtu.be/xJCeNzuOeSo?...
thanks to Nyege Nyege Tapes, you may be aware of instrumental underground singeli, but in Tanzania🇹🇿 there’s a cottage industry of SINGELI POP next to the bongo flavour mainstream. overlap exists: bongo big shot Lava Lava guests on my fav singeli singer Meja Kunta’s “Wezi”: youtu.be/xJCeNzuOeSo?...
Meja Kunta & Lava Lava - WEZI (Visualiser)
YouTube video by Meja Kunta
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
thanks to Nyege Nyege Tapes, you may be aware of instrumental underground singeli, but in Tanzania🇹🇿 there’s a cottage industry of SINGELI POP next to the bongo flavour mainstream. overlap exists: bongo big shot Lava Lava guests on my fav singeli singer Meja Kunta’s “Wezi”: youtu.be/xJCeNzuOeSo?...
if you want to keep practising your ultrafast footwork, here’s a great additional exercise to “Jamaïque” below - from Cameroon🇨🇲 this time: it’s “Chargé” by Mink’s and Blanche Bailly (whose “Lève toi” with Lady Ponce is *still* the most popular video in Cameroon). go for it! youtu.be/eZ-3hJphrbg?...
November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
if you want to keep practising your ultrafast footwork, here’s a great additional exercise to “Jamaïque” below - from Cameroon🇨🇲 this time: it’s “Chargé” by Mink’s and Blanche Bailly (whose “Lève toi” with Lady Ponce is *still* the most popular video in Cameroon). go for it! youtu.be/eZ-3hJphrbg?...
feeling this one today
the same Sbuda Maleather is also the featured vocalist on the ultra cool “Rave 5” by Boips plus producer buddies W4DE and Djy Biza: youtu.be/bTgqHfn4UOk?...
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
feeling this one today
electric relaxation for your sunday
wow, this is quite something
think I will call this Djyorical Soul for now
youtu.be/w10hk32JIgs?...
“Feelings” by 🇿🇦Djy Biza x Shakes & Les x Leandra.Vert
if this will be part of some larger project I’m here for it
think I will call this Djyorical Soul for now
youtu.be/w10hk32JIgs?...
“Feelings” by 🇿🇦Djy Biza x Shakes & Les x Leandra.Vert
if this will be part of some larger project I’m here for it
Feelings
YouTube video by Djy Biza - Topic
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
electric relaxation for your sunday
it’s a saturday night (take your time, do it right)
wow, this is quite something
think I will call this Djyorical Soul for now
youtu.be/w10hk32JIgs?...
“Feelings” by 🇿🇦Djy Biza x Shakes & Les x Leandra.Vert
if this will be part of some larger project I’m here for it
think I will call this Djyorical Soul for now
youtu.be/w10hk32JIgs?...
“Feelings” by 🇿🇦Djy Biza x Shakes & Les x Leandra.Vert
if this will be part of some larger project I’m here for it
Feelings
YouTube video by Djy Biza - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
it’s a saturday night (take your time, do it right)
A-SIDES: my nrs 4, 8, 11 and 16.
(7 POINTS: Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five ft. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee • The Message
3 POINTS: Patrice Rushen • Forget Me Nots)
two juggernauts/behemoths, in either stature (“The Message”) or ambition (JBGTM), two that paint with a lighter brush (Rushen and Sade)
(7 POINTS: Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five ft. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee • The Message
3 POINTS: Patrice Rushen • Forget Me Nots)
two juggernauts/behemoths, in either stature (“The Message”) or ambition (JBGTM), two that paint with a lighter brush (Rushen and Sade)
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A-SIDES: my nrs 4, 8, 11 and 16.
(7 POINTS: Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five ft. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee • The Message
3 POINTS: Patrice Rushen • Forget Me Nots)
two juggernauts/behemoths, in either stature (“The Message”) or ambition (JBGTM), two that paint with a lighter brush (Rushen and Sade)
(7 POINTS: Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five ft. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee • The Message
3 POINTS: Patrice Rushen • Forget Me Nots)
two juggernauts/behemoths, in either stature (“The Message”) or ambition (JBGTM), two that paint with a lighter brush (Rushen and Sade)
wow, this is quite something
think I will call this Djyorical Soul for now
youtu.be/w10hk32JIgs?...
“Feelings” by 🇿🇦Djy Biza x Shakes & Les x Leandra.Vert
if this will be part of some larger project I’m here for it
think I will call this Djyorical Soul for now
youtu.be/w10hk32JIgs?...
“Feelings” by 🇿🇦Djy Biza x Shakes & Les x Leandra.Vert
if this will be part of some larger project I’m here for it
Feelings
YouTube video by Djy Biza - Topic
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
wow, this is quite something
think I will call this Djyorical Soul for now
youtu.be/w10hk32JIgs?...
“Feelings” by 🇿🇦Djy Biza x Shakes & Les x Leandra.Vert
if this will be part of some larger project I’m here for it
think I will call this Djyorical Soul for now
youtu.be/w10hk32JIgs?...
“Feelings” by 🇿🇦Djy Biza x Shakes & Les x Leandra.Vert
if this will be part of some larger project I’m here for it
Eftalya ama piyano
(‘Eftalya but piano’)
so this is world music?
(‘dünya’ means ‘world’ in 🇹🇷)
youtu.be/XYmxCRw1ilM?...
(Eftalya Yağcı • DÜNYA)
(‘Eftalya but piano’)
so this is world music?
(‘dünya’ means ‘world’ in 🇹🇷)
youtu.be/XYmxCRw1ilM?...
(Eftalya Yağcı • DÜNYA)
DÜNYA
YouTube video by Eftalya Yağcı - Topic
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Eftalya ama piyano
(‘Eftalya but piano’)
so this is world music?
(‘dünya’ means ‘world’ in 🇹🇷)
youtu.be/XYmxCRw1ilM?...
(Eftalya Yağcı • DÜNYA)
(‘Eftalya but piano’)
so this is world music?
(‘dünya’ means ‘world’ in 🇹🇷)
youtu.be/XYmxCRw1ilM?...
(Eftalya Yağcı • DÜNYA)
I also love this random track from 2023 by the twice removed 🇿🇦Desong M, “Asian”. it’s on his ELECTRONIKKA album and I can’t stop playing it*: youtu.be/YtnWAPbHIjE?...
(*maybe I’ll be the one to push it past the 1000 streams mark!)
(*maybe I’ll be the one to push it past the 1000 streams mark!)
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I also love this random track from 2023 by the twice removed 🇿🇦Desong M, “Asian”. it’s on his ELECTRONIKKA album and I can’t stop playing it*: youtu.be/YtnWAPbHIjE?...
(*maybe I’ll be the one to push it past the 1000 streams mark!)
(*maybe I’ll be the one to push it past the 1000 streams mark!)
HARD CURRENCY, the debut album by State OFFF, Zimbabwean🇿🇼 in Amsterdam (!), kicks ass. he doesn’t shy away from fusing his gqom with things like 🇧🇷funk. the hard-hittingness often comes with a lightness of touch. case in point: opener “eGroovini” with Kiing Bhutie and Doowap: youtu.be/V1gbTUyCULs?...
eGroovini
YouTube video by STATE OFFF - Topic
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
HARD CURRENCY, the debut album by State OFFF, Zimbabwean🇿🇼 in Amsterdam (!), kicks ass. he doesn’t shy away from fusing his gqom with things like 🇧🇷funk. the hard-hittingness often comes with a lightness of touch. case in point: opener “eGroovini” with Kiing Bhutie and Doowap: youtu.be/V1gbTUyCULs?...
gràcies, Rosalía, for reminding me of this banger: youtu.be/CGyEd0aKWZE?...
Ellie Goulding - Burn (Official Video)
YouTube video by EllieGouldingVEVO
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
gràcies, Rosalía, for reminding me of this banger: youtu.be/CGyEd0aKWZE?...